n. A native tree (Acacia koaia), much like the koa but smaller, the pods narrower and with seeds arranged vertically in the pod, rather than horizontally as in koa, and leaves averaging narrower; the wood is harder, formerly used for spears, fancy paddles, and for the iʻe tapa beater; later for furniture. Fig., person from the upland country. Also koaiʻa. Cf. huʻe. Lau koaiʻe, a koaiʻe leaf; fig., anything from the upland country. (Neal 405.)
s., Name of a species of timber growing inland; wood hard; used for house posts and for making shark hooks.
[Koa, the koa tree and ie, the mallet used in beating tapa.] A species of the koa tree (Acacia koaia), a general name applied to dwarf koa trees growing singly. Also called boa oha.
2. Timber derived from the koaie.
a species of koa tree. Land section, Kohala, Hawaii.
Cove and former fishing village south of Māhukona, Kohala, Hawaiʻi; excavations in 1968 show that the village was inhabited until historic times. (Newman.) Stream, Wai-mea, Kauaʻi, named for the koaiʻe (Acacia koaia) tree that was uprooted by Nā-maka-o-ka-paoʻo, a Maui hero who made a war club of it.
Cove, village, Lapakahi, Hawaiʻi. A former precontact fishing village in Lapakahi State Historical Park, Koaiʻe was inhabited until the late 1800s and is now a center for lāʻau lapaʻau, the use of herbs and native medicine to heal the sick. The cove off the village is a marine life conservation district. Lit., a tree (Acacia koaia) that has a particularly pleasant fragrance. Allusion to the koaiʻe in poetry sometimes refers to love.
Native tree (Acacia koaia). (NEAL 405.) See Plants: Uses.
Native tree (Acacia koaia), growing on Molokaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. Harder than the koa, it is used for house posts,
E huli iā “koaiʻe” ma Ulukau.
Search for “koaiʻe” on Ulukau.